Wilson Spikes Bigger Utility Tax For Now
City Manager Ray W. Wilson said utility taxes won’t be pursued unless Phoenix needs new revenue for the 1951 52 budget. A gross receipts tax could apply to Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph, but major utilities like Central Arizona Light and Power are franchised. Telephone uses 52 free phones. a franchise requires a vote and long terms, while a gross receipts tax offers future adjustment.
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Phoenix
Ray W. Wilson
Wilson
Metropolitan Lines, Incorporated
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Central Arizona Light and Power Company
W. W. Lane
Arizona
Calapeco
PMA Shakeup a Defense Era Rearrangement at USDA
Secretary Brannan reshuffled the Agriculture Department Production and Marketing Administration naming Ralph S. Trigg and Frank K. Woolley as special assistants to Brannan. Trigg will handle Commodity Credit Corporation affairs and Woolley similar duties. Gus F. Geiesler moves to PMA chief and Harold K. Hill becomes deputy administrator.
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Washington
Brannan
Agriculture Department
Production and Marketing Administration
PMA
Ralph S. Trigg
Frank K. Woolley
Trigg
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Commodity Credit Corporation
Woolley
Gus F. Geiesler
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Harold K. Hill
Ancient Tiles Endure 7000 Years Across Civilizations
Archaeologists report ceramic tile artifacts from Egyptian, Chaldean, and Babylonian sites that survived over seven millennia of weathering, highlighting durable craft across early civilizations and raising questions about ancient manufacturing.
Gila Ranch Resident Dies In Fire
YUMA March 31 UP Kate Bauldin a 76 year old semi invalid died in a ranch house fire. Sheriff Jim Washum said she wandered into a bathroom during the blaze and was found there. Bauldin lived with her daughter and son in law Roy and Mrs Loosier who were away when fire broke out.
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Yuma
Kate Bauldin
Jim Washum
San Diego
Fort Grant Workers Quit Amid Administration Shakeup
Nine Fort Grant Industrial School for Boys employees resigned after a board driven overhaul led by Louis Felix. Gov. Howard Pyle reported only two or three may seek continued employment. Dr. E L Edmondson and Charles W Reed left, with George R Ridgway named to lead. Edmonson’s resignation took effect April 1, Reed left for Texas. No relocation plans for the school were announced.
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Fort Grant
State Correctional School
E. L. Edmondson
Charles W. Reed
Safford
George R. Ridgway
Pyle
Dr. Edmondson
Reed
Texas
State Hospital Improvement Report Praises Arizona Facility
A committee of the Arizona Medical Association reports considerable improvement at the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane over the past three years. Increases in staff include 10 physicians, 22 nurses, a full-time dentist, a neuopathologist, an occupational therapist, and a head psychiatric nurse. The panel notes better care, adds that deficiencies were due to inadequate appropriations, and urges suitable funding for future needs.
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Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
Arizona Medical Association
Ernest A. Born
Prescott
Lindsey S. Beaton
Tucson
Richard E. H. Duisberg
John R. Green
Phoenix
Bruce Hart
Maricopa County
Insurance Buying Rise Called Inflation Curb
An upturn in insurance buying is a big help in offsetting inflation. Grant L. Hill, vice-president of Northwestern Mutual Life, told Arizona Association of Life Underwriters that Americans invest in insurance and government bonds to protect futures and save from inflated prices. He predicted sales will remain strong, noting Northwestern ahead 18 percent versus last year. Hill called salespeople career men, and cited industry leaders’ methods. Speakers included Gene Andrews and O Sam Cummings. opening address by John C Kopen.
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Grant L. Hill
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Arizona Association of Life Underwriters
Hill
Milwaukee
Northwestern
Gene Andrews
Los Angeles
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
O. Sam Cummings
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
John C. Koppen
Phoenix
Arizona Association
Cowboy Killer Sentenced To Life In California Case
Peter Saunders a 16 year old from Corona New York pleaded guilty to shooting Leonard Fenton a Los Angeles railroader as he fished on a canal bank Judge Henry C Kelly sentenced him to life imprisonment choosing the harsher option after county and defense attorneys argued for life The judge urged rehabilitation saying the youth must try to make something of himself in prison while Saunders expressed desire to complete high school and learn a trade The youth's father spoke of a broken home and Saunders cited a wish for a stable family life as he faced life behind bars for the fatal act.
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Yuma
Henry C. Kelly
Peter Saunders
Corona
N. Y
Los Angeles
Leonard Fenton
Kelly
Lewis Ingraham
Joseph Mansfield
James D. Saunders
Labrador
United States
Young Saunders
Saunders
Dad
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Ana
Cheice Koolvent
North Central Avenue
General Filing
Clark Office
Rian
vPrit
Sears
Wiltons
Wilmette
Harmony House
Ferndale
Axminster
Fenwick Broadloom
Sears, Roebuck and Co. Adams
Second Street
Phoenix, Arizona
Harmony
Adams
Second St
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